Phoebe

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Phoebe is a literary journal publishing experimental and conventional poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in print and online.

Response time info: 30 days after the submission period closes

Read the full guidelines at phoebe.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Oct 15$3; fee waivers are available for writers experiencing hardship, and the form indicates fee-free submissions for historically marginalized writers.Pays: $30 per accepted story

Phoebe seeks honest, affecting, human fiction with experimentation, complexity, strong voice, soul, and urgency. Submit one short story or up to three flash fictions under 1,000 words per entry; there is no strict word limit, but fiction over 4,000 words must be extraordinary. Submissions close October 15 at 11:59 p.m., and the journal strives to respond 30 days after the submission period closes.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Oct 15$3; fee waivers are available for writers experiencing hardship, and the form indicates fee-free submissions for historically marginalized writers.Pays: $30 per accepted essay

Phoebe seeks personal, lyric, and journalistic essays exploring complex topics, ideas, and connections through unique lenses, including research and history. Submit one stand-alone work per entry; there is no strict word limit, but nonfiction over 4,000 words must be extraordinary. Submissions close October 15 at 11:59 p.m., and the journal strives to respond 30 days after the submission period closes.

poetryLiteraryCloses Oct 15$3; fee waivers are available for writers experiencing hardship, and the form indicates fee-free submissions for historically marginalized writers.Pays: $30 per accepted poem

Phoebe seeks intense, honest, crafted poetry, including vulnerable, experimental, surreal, and unexpected work. Submit up to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages per entry; submissions close October 15 at 11:59 p.m. The journal does not accept previously published work or AI-generated text. It strives to respond 30 days after the submission period closes.

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